[Python-Dev] Introducing new operators for matrix computation

[Moshe Zadka]

On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Jeremy Hylton wrote:

>   AMK> So, rather than add a whole bunch of new operators to the core,
>   AMK> I'd first want to see the alternative syntax implemented
>   AMK> through a hacked parser and *in use by a significant
>   AMK> community*, and then we can consider what bits from it to add
>   AMK> to the core.
> 
> This seems like a reasonable approach to me.  You basically build a
> frontend that compiles the Python+extensions into standard Python
> bytecode.

Wouldn't it be better to compile the Python+extensions into standard
Python? Something that would work at the parse tree level?

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